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CATS OF 600-200B. C. ARE REDISCOVERED; 192 in Egyptian Collection Mislaid for 45 Years in a London Museum's Vaults MANY NEW TO SCIENCE Most of Specimens Are Unlike Anything Living Today -- Some Resemble Familiar Tabby

LONDON, March 3 -- A valuable and long-forgotten crate of mummified cats from ancient Egypt has been unearthed from the labyrinthine vaults of the British Natural History Museum enabling a zoologist to make an exact scientific classification of the pets of the pharaohs.View Full Article in Timesmachine »

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A version of this archives appears in print on March 4, 1952, on Page 29 of the New York edition with the headline: CATS OF 600-200B. C. ARE REDISCOVERED; 192 in Egyptian Collection Mislaid for 45 Years in a London Museum's Vaults MANY NEW TO SCIENCE Most of Specimens Are Unlike Anything Living Today -- Some Resemble Familiar Tabby. Order Reprints|Today's Paper|Subscribe